Spout for conveying materials.



W. A. WHITMORE, DECD.

' n. 0. WHITMORE. EXECUTOR- SPOUT FOR CONVEYING MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.4. 1916- Patented Deg. 17, 1918.

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7 To all wkom z't may concern Be it known. that I, TWILLIAM' A. VVHIT- Monn, citizen of the United States, residing at Galva, in the county of Henry and State of --'Illinois havepinvented certain-new and useful Improvements in Spouts for Conveying Materials; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, andexact descriptlon of the l11V6Ill3101l,WhlCll will enable 10 tains to make andusethe; same. s ThlS nvention relates to improvements in spouts. It relates-more particularly to mothers skilled "in the art to which it apperprovements in spouts or conduits for handling various matcrialssuch as grain, ore, coaLsand, and the like.

The invention relates also to improve ments in a spout or conduit of thattype made up of a series of parts or sections forming anadjustable spout used in loading wherein one terminates within the other,

cars, vessels and the like g The object of the invention is to provide 1 a construction in a'spoutbr conduit section wherein the bottom portion that becomes Worn by the passage of materials 'l'hereover may be renewed without the necessity of re- 4 newing the entiresection.

conduit consisting of ninnber of sections The invention also pertains to 'ing drawing, in which I Figure 1 18 a side elevationof a spoutor loosely related through suitable connections.

Figf 2-shows in perspective.one-of the sections. i i

ou line iv-41), Fig. 2. i 1

Fig. 4 shows also, in perspective. one of the sections with its removable bottom detached; and, Q

Fig. 5 shows the -removab'lebottom. in perspective.

Grain spouts to which my invention has Fig. 3 is atran sverse section of the same 'particularreferenceare usually made up-of v of the portion F at its small end. being so a series of sections conical in form the small end of one extending into the large end of the other, the sections being attached to one another by chains or other types of loose connections, so that the parts form a flexible conduit, in use'descnbmg a curve or are.

sroUT r03 CONVEYING MATERIALS.

, jspecineatiori of Letters Patent.

certain dei tails of-construction'as will'he pointed out herein and form the subject of some oi? the claims." I I i To the end that the invention may be understoodrl have provided the accompanyl 1 common practice and I "Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

Application filed no embereiele. Serial No. 129,469.

As the grain passes through the jointed conduit each section is subjected to a continuous Wear at substantially one spot upon its bottom Which is rapidly worn through. Holes thus created mean loss of grain and the sections when thus affected are then turned over and the opposite side used until rendered unfit for use by Wearing action whereupon they must be discarded and new ones provided.

required. The sections themselves are never required to be taken down or replaced, lasting indefinitely. Furthermore, said sections may be constructed each with an opening in .-1ts wall WhlCh'lS covered by the described hollow. section. Thereby the sections may be constructed at much lower cost. than when using complete metal sheets that would make a solid section as will appear herein.

A A indicate'several pipe sections each .of which is preferably conically formed whereby its pointed end or nose may enter the end of an adjacent section as clearly shown in Fig. 1, all the sections being suit-i ably connected throughfiexible members,

' such as chains B, and allowed to move relawhich enters and fits snugly the partA. its

ends being supportedupon the descr bed portions. D E, see-Fig. 2, thelongitudinal edges extending well beyond the side margins of. the said opening C whereby the latter is entirely closed. as in Fig. 2.

G is a guide secured to each outer side disposed thereon that when the said portion is introduced into the section it will be guidedto its proper position and prevented turning axially.

Said guides include at each outer end the outwardly bent free end which engages over the outer surfaces of theportion D as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When-thus seated inposition theporti'on F isheld in place by friction, itsv small end overlying said portionD to protect it being Worn by the material handled. i

The relation of the sections shown Fig. 1 is such that theportions-F. maybe readily withdrawn or placed in position without trouble and the change maybe made in a very few minutes. That is to in,.may be made up of partsfif desired, so

- conduit since eachsection is straight and.

stated, other shapes maybe used.) .1 I

My invention also contemplates inserting quired in its manufacture. i

the appended claims.

say, the space between the small end of one section and the large end of the next readily permits the insertion for withdrawal of the part F. When the sections are conical in form the inserted. portion or bottom F will close snugly theopeningf C Without danger.

of the conveyed material passing'through it. For'that reason the conicabformof section is the preferred one "although, as

into a tubular section having no opening in 1ts slde, a portion such as F'Wlllcllwould protect the metal of said section, although from the standpoint" of cheapness iii the saving ofmaterial asection having an opening is, perhaps, preferable;

The'sections, if each has an opening therethat a'full sheeto'f metal need not be re- -A. conduit made up of a series oflcon nectedsect1ons, nak1ng it flex ble, s necessarily sub ected to more wear than a rigid each is disposed at an angle to its neighbor. Its surface that receives the grain from a section higher up, therefore, 18 sub; ected-to 1 greater wear at one point as the material movable bottom, is a very important change :new in'the art.

Slight changes may beinadein the 'con struction ofthe section andits renewable bottom port on without departing from the spirit of thefinventlon and the rn'eaningof Having thus described-, my invention-,1 I cla1m,: n v '1. An article ofmanufacture comprising Witnesses a sheet inetal sectionin the form of a frustum of a hollow cone having an opening through the lower portion of 7 its wall "terminating short of the ends of such sections leaving terminal bands completing the circumferenceof the sectionat such points, a removable bottom; plate shapedto conform I to theinterior' of such'section and'insertible therein through its larger end. and when in position in such section covering said openand overlyinguthe longitudinal Wall marginsthereof and said end band portions,

and means to" prevent axial turning and lon-git-udinalshifting of said bottom plate in the spout section, substantially as del-scribed.

'12. In combination Witha tubular grain spout 'sectionhaving an opening extending around it for substantially one half its circumference extendingtoneareach end of thesection, said section including a connecting portion at each end tQCOIHPlGtBltS tubular form at eachits ends, and an'msertible I portion adapted for insertion into the section to and overlie the opening and overlap those portionsof. theseetions lying at each side of the opening and to'overlie' the said connecting portions.

' 3.- As an articleof manufacture a tubular spout section having; an opening in one of its'walls, and a single rigidremovable sec- 1 tion lying upon the inner walls of said sections covering said opening and overlying those parts of the said portion at. theside of said opening,: and extending substantially to the extremity of the section 1 at its dis charge end; and securing means extending a i from the portionth-rough the opening and engaging the outer surface of the-section.

An article of manufacture, comprising.

a spoutsect'ion consisting of a frusturnof a hollow conehaving an opening in its -Wall extending throughout substantially oneEhalf fthe circumference "thereof and terminating neareach endof said sectiong and ,asingle removable portlon lyingwithin the said sec tionoverlying the openingand the margins surrounding the opening and conforming to "the contour of'th'ezsaid' wall having said opening.

in presence of two witnesse's'.

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